{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Phillip Lanier","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Phillip Tant Lanier is a registered voter in Randolph County, North Carolina, registered since 1989 (37 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Phillip Tant Lanier's year of birth as 1970; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Phillip Tant Lanier can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Phillip","lastname":"Lanier","middlename":"Tant","suffix":null,"token":"ea4d1a542da10569"},"token":"fI6OlE9qP5lDbHzG"},{"candidatename":"Mike Brown","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Michael Douglas Brown is a registered voter in Randolph County, North Carolina, registered since 1982 (44 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Michael Douglas Brown's year of birth as 1960; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 16 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Michael Douglas Brown can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Michael","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"Douglas","suffix":null,"token":"e7b054ae49487d35"},"token":"11FR38F9PdyFm-M3"},{"candidatename":"Eric Welch","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Eric Brandon Welch is a registered voter in Randolph County, North Carolina, registered since 2016 (10 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Eric Brandon Welch's year of birth as 1982; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 3 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2024-11-05 general election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Eric Brandon Welch can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Eric","lastname":"Welch","middlename":"Brandon","suffix":null,"token":"223c4cb138316b96"},"token":"1u2IjjaHxJlfbxSo"},{"candidatename":"Shannon Craven Whitaker","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"Shannon Dawn Whitaker -- who files and appears on the ballot as \"Shannon Craven Whitaker\" -- is a candidate for the Randolph County Schools Board of Education in Randolph County, North Carolina, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot. The race is nonpartisan; six candidates filed for three at-large seats carrying four-year terms, and Whitaker filed her candidacy on December 3, 2025, giving a Franklinville, NC address [1]. (An earlier version of this bio misidentified the contest as the separate Asheboro City Schools Board of Education and described her as a Republican candidate; neither is supported by the official candidate filing, which lists no party for this nonpartisan race [1].)\n\n## Office history\n\nWhitaker currently serves as a member of the Randolph County Schools Board of Education, listed with a district email address on the school system's official Board Members page [2]. She previously filed for the same board in the November 8, 2022 general election, under the same name and Franklinville address as her current filing [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) -- Randolph County, Randolph County Schools Board of Education, filed 12/03/2025, accessed 2026-07-19\n[2] [Board Members -- Randolph County School System](https://www.randolph.k12.nc.us/o/rcss/page/board-members) -- accessed 2026-07-19\n[3] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 2022 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2022/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2022.csv) -- Randolph County, Randolph County Schools Board of Education, filed 12/08/2021","firstname":"Shannon","lastname":"Whitaker","middlename":"Dawn","suffix":null,"token":"65c9fd79b7bc16c5"},"token":"n2jJ0EKRFYMh5bsR"},{"candidatename":"Ernie Thalasinos","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Ernest Carl Thalasinos is a registered voter in Randolph County, North Carolina, registered since 1980 (46 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Ernest Carl Thalasinos's year of birth as 1961; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Ernest Carl Thalasinos can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Ernest","lastname":"Thalasinos","middlename":"Carl","suffix":null,"token":"2fa5c05fb92ac9d4"},"token":"56rtpeW-qFL9-YGb"},{"candidatename":"Hollie Smith","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Hollie Jean Smith is a registered voter in Randolph County, North Carolina, registered since 2020 (6 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Hollie Jean Smith's year of birth as 1980; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 2 elections voted in since 2024, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Hollie Jean Smith can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Hollie","lastname":"Smith","middlename":"Jean","suffix":null,"token":"0669c83a57f008cb"},"token":"BoevlC_9j3upQpYR"},{"candidatename":"Brad Thomas","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Millard Brady Thomas III is a registered voter in Randolph County, North Carolina, registered since 1993 (33 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Millard Brady Thomas III's year of birth as 1960; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 12 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Millard Brady Thomas III can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Millard","lastname":"Thomas","middlename":"Brady","suffix":"III","token":"b2d342efdfbd77dd"},"token":"FLLGDDq9uu6vSSDf"},{"candidatename":"Fred Burgess","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"Fred Burgess is a currently elected member of the Randolph County Board of Education, serving at\u2011large, and is a candidate for the Asheboro City Schools Board of Education in the November 3, 2026 general election in Randolph County, North Carolina. In the 2022 election he ran for an at\u2011large seat on the Randolph County School System board and appeared on the November 8, 2022 ballot as a nonpartisan candidate, though he did not complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey [1]. The Vote\u2011USA profile confirms that he holds the at\u2011large seat on the Randolph County Board of Education as of the most recent filing [10].\n\nPublicly available biographical details beyond his elected office are limited. No specific information on his education, professional career, or prior public service appears in the cited sources. The candidate\u2019s official email address listed on the Ballotpedia page is fburgess@randolph.k12.nc.us, indicating a direct line to the Randolph County Schools system [1].\n\nDuring his prior campaign for the county board, Burgess was listed among five candidates for the at\u2011large seats, alongside David Carter, Phillip Lanier, Kurt Melvin, and Shannon Craven Whitaker, but the Ballotpedia entry does not record vote totals or outcomes [1]. No issue positions or platform statements are provided in the sources, and he has not supplied a personal campaign website. The Vote\u2011USA page notes that he is \u201ccurrently elected\u201d but offers no further policy details.\n\nOverall, Fred Burgess\u2019s public record shows experience serving on a county\u2011wide education board and a continued interest in local education governance through his 2026 candidacy for the Asheboro City Schools Board of Education.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Fred Burgess (Randolph County Schools school board At-large, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Fred_Burgess_(Randolph_County_Schools_school_board_At-large,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))\n- [6] [Candidate Lists | NCSBE](https://www.ncsbe.gov/results-data/candidate-lists)\n- [10] [Vote-USA | Fred Burgess | Candidate for Randolph County Board of Education at-Large, Randolph County, North Carolina | November 8, 2022 North Carolina General Election](https://vote-usa.org/Intro.aspx?State=NC&Id=NCBurgessFred)","firstname":"Fred","lastname":"Burgess","middlename":"Michael","suffix":"JR","token":"54a3b649ae0ffe2f"},"token":"RPjCTiOZjQr4a7x3"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"school_board","o.office":"county_school_board","office":"county_school_board","officedescription":"A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment for a public school district \u2014 setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.\n- Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent \u2014 the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County School Board Member","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":2,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Asheboro City Schools Board Of Education"}